Name games

When rumor had it that Il Cane Pazzo was for sale, Restaurantarama worried that it was another case of the Great Global Depression of 2008 hitting the shores of Charlottesville again.

Isn't that Specialty?

A new bird has landed in the old Boheme space on E. Market Street. Her name is Zhiwei Wang Estes, and she’s behind a new Chinese restaurant and take-out joint that she’s

Devil in the details

When master brewer Jason Oliver uncrated all the brewing equipment purchased for Devil’s Backbone, a new brewery located in Nelson County at the base of Wintergreen Ski Resort,

Ring in the Bel

As of press time, Bel Rio, the new restaurant/music lounge occupying the old Saxx Jazz Lounge spot in Belmont, is set to open.

New Hope

When Patricia “Mrs. Big Jim” Hope passed away in September 2007, the future of the Big Jim’s barbeque empire she’d built with her late husband was in question.